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Sorry you were let go. As a long-time user of code you wrote, I appreciate the dedication you all have to the pilot community. Thank you for the practical insight on the AI tech you worked on as well. I personally think AI will usher in a load of new pilot apps, maybe not all as massive as FF.

Last month I was swept up in ForeFlight's massive layoffs. I wrote about my experiences with AI in software development, what I think this means for the future, and why I have concerns.

https://charlie.fish/posts/2026/02/re-im-actually-excited-about-the-future-of-foreflight/

Thank you Stewart. This was great. Been using the Claude Code command line app for a while, so this really helped me understand how it fits in with Xcode. Only downside is it's now time to update my M1 MBAir to macOS 26.2 in order to get the Intelligence tab.

This feels a little like looking up your name on the DarkWeb. ;-)

I think Moltbook is an AI Zoo. And that's giving Zoos a bad name. @emilymbender.bsky.social

How about GA prop aircraft? Diamond builds them in Ontario. And does this decertify exiting aircraft already in the US? God, I can't believe I'm asking these questions.

51 hrs later, 846AN seems to have survived the Queensland storms.

N846AN (AA 7) BNE-bound 787-9 diverted to Gold Coast (OOL/YBCG), presumably because the two SYD-bound Qantas A380s had to divert to BNE. It's been on the ground 24 hrs, I wonder what happened to the pax, and when it's flying home. @flightradar24.com @jetcitystar.bsky.social

Your nuanced thoughts on how different 'camps' think of AI is one of the most thoughtful analyses I've heard. Although, I'm squarely in the 'critical' camp, I see more an more 'average' users who are embracing synthetic text, code, image, & video tools.

If LAX had replaced the entire auto loop with a basic ground-based tram system that went to hotels, drop-offs and parking it would be so much better and have saved the airport years of construction on an overly elaborate elevated rail. But we love our cars in America!

Day 38 – 100 Days of SwiftUI Follow the 100 Days of SwiftUI and learn to build apps for free.

Finished Day 38 & iExpense Challenges of #100DaysOfSwiftUI at www.hackingwithswift.com/100/swiftui/38.

I figured out Challenges 1 & 2, but got stumped on #3. Fortunately, HWS+ helps.

Code that attempts to confuse the List views with dynamic rows.

And the code looks like this. Don't try to reproduce this, as it's intentionally meant to show how confused SwiftUI can get if you don't properly use Identifiable for dynamic rows.

🎉 I just finished Day 37 of the #100DaysOfSwiftUI at www.hackingwithswift.com/100/swiftui/37. To understand Identifiable better, I goofed around a bit and looked at a List where SwiftUI won't be able to properly track each row.

Why is this a feature?

It's enough of a pain that some folks created Helm for App Store Connect.

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🎉 I just finished Day 36 of the #100DaysOfSwiftUI at www.hackingwithswift.com/100/swiftui/36.

#100DaysOfSwiftUI Day 35 Challenge complete! www.hackingwithswift.com/100/swiftui/35 I finally managed to built the Edutainment app, and feel somewhat good about the functionality. The UI will need an overhaul once I get a little further in the course.

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Broke the streak. I took a month off, attended WWDC25, OneMoreThing, CommunityKit, Students, Swift & Stars, and heard @twostraws.bsky.social inspire folks at all 3 events! Built a workspace for #100DaysOfSwiftUI and reviewed the animation sections, Day 34 done www.hackingwithswift.com/100/swiftui/34

I spoke with someone from Apple, and the .leading alignment is apparently something they're trying to default to as standard in iOS 26. (I do need someone to confirm that, however.)

The Flightradar24 feed now suggests that the aircraft did back-taxi, and it was essentially a data gap. Hopefully we'll find out more during the preliminary accident report.

Screenshot from Flightradar24 showing the middle east, and with no aircraft flying over Israel, Iran, Iraq, Syria, or Jordan, most of the traffic is diverting over Saudi Arabia.

Saudi ATC having some busy days.

I haven't used SceneKit or RealityKit, but I noticed this deprecation notice today. #WWDC25

There are some NOTAMs regarding work in progress on both sides of runway, but it's unclear if that's runway construction. Since VAAH does not appear to have a parallel taxiway, back-taxiing is the only way to use the full runway. None of the last 5 departures seem to have done that.

Screenshots from Flightradar24, showing the last five flights of Air India AI171. The accident flight's track on the runway shows now back-taxiing.

Ahmedabad's runway 23 is 11,499' long. That's a sizable runway for any international airport. It appears Air India 171 routinely back-taxied. On its last flight (on left) FR24 did not observe any back-taxiing, which is also the case with the flight on June 7th. Note: FR24 data could be incomplete.

James Dempsey introducing the new Apple Release calendar to address the issue of 26 coming out in 2025. #WWDC

Paul presenting in front of the large group of CommunityKit attendees.

Hacking with Swift IRL @ #WWDC25 #CommunityKit

The FAA has put up two TFRs in Los Angeles. They're from the surface to 400'. The one over I-405 is specifically marked a UAS-only TFR, presumably to stop the use of drones. The one over downtown bans all aircraft. These TFRs criminalize the use of any non-law enforcement drones.

Students, Swift, St★rs - 2025 Students, Swift, St★rs is back for the third year in Cupertino, California! Join us for an exciting night filled with project demos by Swift Student Challenge winners. 📆 Event Details Date: Monday, 9 ...

What a fantastic event to accompany #WWDC25. These student projects were so inspiring, and I'm just amazed how talented all these 'kids' are. Also, great to catch up with Charlie, Kai and Malin.

That's quite the compliment to both you and Paul. :-)

Screenshot on Guess the Flag app on iOS 26 running on iPhone 16 Pro simulator. I've guessed on the wrong flag and it is showing a dialog that I picked the wrong flag.

This may be the first time Guess the Flag from #100DaysOfSwiftUI has run on the iOS 26 simulator. Notice the translucent alert dialog. (Not sure if it's a sim bug, but the alert text is flushed left for incorrect answers and centered for correct answers.)